David Haberstich said:
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:     BTW, I thought all historians and mathematicians knew that the 21st
: century and the new millennium begin on Jan. 1, 2001, not 2000. (That
: pesky old no-year-zero problem.)
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True, but the millennium BUG to which Mr. Anderson referred will cause
problems with dates after 1999, hence the wholesale shutdown of systems
that his amusing scenario assumed. In fact, as I understand, some credit
card companies are having trouble already with expiration dates beyond
1999.